Clamp for basin-cocks.



No. 852,220. PATENTBD APR.- 30

- T; L. CECIL.

CLAMP FOR BASIN COOKS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 28.1906.

INVENTOH j 720111648 1 6 6022] By M r64,

UNITED STATE? THOR [AS L. CECIL, OF COLDIVATER, MICHIGAN.

CLAMP FOR BASIN-COCKS- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 30, 1907.

Application filed February 28,1906. Serial No- 303,364-

To (alt whom it um comm/'11 Be it known that I, TIIOAIAS Ii. CEoiL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Goldwater, in the county of Branch and State of Michigan, have invented a new and Im roved (lam for Basin0ocks of which the following is a full, clear, and exact de scriptlon.

This invention is an improvement in,

clamps for basin cocks or faucets and has for an object, among others, to provide an clli cient and simple locking means to positively prevent the cock from becoming detached from the basin, yet to allow the ready .re-

moval of the cock, if desired, without dilliculty.

Ordinarily, cocks or faucets are fastened to the slab of the basin by means of lock nuts which become set or rusted and can be removed only by much labor when it is necessary to disassemble them. With the present device it is only necessary to run the outer nut up on the threaded shank of the faucet with. the lingers until it brings the inturned leg of the clamping plate in contact with the slab or other means to-which the cock is to be fastenei'l then by a few turns of the set-screw in the end of the clamping plate with a screwdriver, the cock is securely locked in position.

For a more detailed and extended description reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like reference characters designate the same parts throughout all the views, and in which Figure l is a perspective view of the device when employed in locking a faucet to a plate or slab; Fig. 2 is a plan view, partly in section, substantially on the line 22 of Fig. l, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the clamping plate when detached from the rest of the structure.

The numeral 1 designates a locking plate provided with an intermediate opening 2, a down-turned fulcrum leg 3 and a small threaded opening 4. Into this latter passes a set-screw 5, whose threads engage the threads of the opening 4.

6 is a cook or faucet having a large llange T at its base for engagement with a slab or plate 8, the latter having an opening 9 through which passes the shank IOof the faucet. The said shank is provided with a hexagonal extension or other polygonal shaped extension 11 and a screw threaded pipe portion 12. The part 11 serves to pre vent the faucet from turning when held by means of a wrench or other like mechanical device. Upon the threaded portion 12 I provide a resistance nut i l for bringing the spring clamping plate 1 to position and overcoming the resistance of the screw 5 through the plate 1, which latter normally tends to force the nut outwardly, binding the threads of the nut 14 and shank 12 together, and hence prcvcniing them from becoming unscrewed, and holding the faucet securely in place when the screw 5 is tightened against the plate 8.

1 In removing the faucet, it is only necessary 1 to loosen the set-screw 5, which permits removal of the nut 14 with the fingers and consequently the ready removal of the faucet.

An important feature of the spring platel is its shape which, as shown, is widest at the central aperture 2 and tapering at both ends, forming substantially counterparts of each other, which conformation affords the greatest strength obtainablc with the least amount of metal employed in its manufacture.

l'laving thus described my invention I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent;

1. In a device of the class described, the combination of a faucet provided with a flange, a screw-threaded shank and an intermediate polygonal portion, a slab provided with an aperture through which the shank passes, a spring plate having a central aperture in engagement with the shank and tapered arms extending radially therefrom carrying, respectively, a fulcrum leg and a setscrew, and a resistance nut on the shank, whereby when the sot-screw is tightened, the spring plate will draw the flange against the slab and bind the threads of the nut and shank.

2. In a device of the class described, a spring-clamping or locking plate having an adjustable element, a faucet having a shank, i and means on the shank, co-acting with the plate, for locking the faucet in position.

3. The combination with a faucet provided with a. shank, a spring-clamping or locking plate having a central aperture in engagement with the shank, a fulcrum leg, and a set screw extending from and. carried by the locking plate, and means at each side of the plate co-acting with the screw, for locking the faucet in position.

4. A locking device for faucets and the like, comprising a spring plate having an enlarged apertured middle portion, and a tapered extension or wing at each side of the threaded upon the shank, and means carried middle portion, one of said extensions being I by the plate engaging the slab at each side of provided with an inturned leg and the other i the shank for locking the faucet in position.

with a threaded aperture. l In testimony whereof I have signed my I 5 5. In a clamping device for faucets, a fauname to this specification in the presence of cet 1hzgring albase flange in elngaigernent gith two subscribing witnesses.

a s a a t lreaded i e s an eXten in therebeyond and thro iigh an aperture in th e THOA/LAS CECIL slab, an intermediate polygonal portion, an

apertured plate inclosing the polygonal portion between itself and the slab, a nut Wvitnessesz CHAS. F. CARPENTER, W. E. HODGMAN. 

